Category: NCAA Basketball

The gravitation toward the Gophers for Niko Medved began even before he was born, when his father bought the season tickets that would soon spark his young son's passion for college basketball. With that kind of initiation, becoming the coach at Minnesota might well have been inevitable — even if part of him was still having a hard time believing the job he left Colorado State to accept was his. “If you really believe in something and you stick with it and you get the right people who support you, anything can happen,” Medved said Tuesday at his introductory news conference packed with family members, current players, program boosters, other Gophers coaches and cheerleaders in maroon and gold.

Yahoo Sports' Caroline Fenton, Jason Fitz and basketball analyst Isis 'Ice' Young discuss the lack of lower seed non-power conference teams in this year's Sweet Sixteen and whether that is good or bad for the tournament as a whole. Hear the full conversation on the “College Basketball Power Hour” podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.

John Calipari embraced the one-and-done era like few college basketball coaches, becoming one of the best annually at bringing in talented freshmen and routinely getting them to Final Fours before shipping them off to the NBA. The formula served him well during his 15-year run at Kentucky that ended after last season, as NIL money and the transfer portal skewed rosters older and created more parity. “I’m kind of back to the roots of being the underdog,” Calipari said before the Razorbacks’ NCAA Tournament first-round win over Kansas last week.

The first run to the NCAA Division I basketball tournament in more than 30 years by Saint Francis (Pa.) could also be its last.

Robbie Hummel breaks down each Big Ten team still alive in March Madness and looks ahead to determine which of the conference's teams can keep the good times going.

Purdue Boilermakers vs. Houston Cougars Game Preview

Josh Pastner was named UNLV coach Tuesday, the latest to try to turn around a college basketball program that has gone from one of the nation's best to one that is largely irrelevant. The Rebels have not made the NCAA Tournament since 2013 and have not advanced to at least the Sweet 16 since 2007. “This has always been a dream job for me, and I fully recognize the significance of UNLV in the landscape of college basketball,” Pastner said in a statement.

Auburn has brushed off a late-season lull that had some questioning whether the Tigers deserved their top billing as the overall No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Now, Auburn is in its first Sweet 16 since 2019 looking to top that Final Four run with its first national championship. Most notable in this run is the different Tigers stepping up to help Associated Press All-American Johni Broome carry the load.

Yahoo Sports senior NBA analyst Kevin O’Connor is joined by Chris Vernon from The Ringer to discuss the Arkansas point guard’s prospect for June’s draft. Hear the full conversation on “The Kevin O’Connor Show” and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.

All four men's No. 1 seeds face stiff tests in the Sweet 16, but one team looks dominant.

Sean Miller beat Texas in the NCAA Tournament barely a week ago, bouncing the Longhorns out early and ensuring they would be making a coaching change. “I don't think I've ever been more excited in my life,” Miller said at his introductory news conference on campus. Miller also said it was hard to leave Xavier, a program where he coached twice, most notably when he returned there in 2022 after he was fired at Arizona.

Houston and Gonzaga met in a second-round NCAA Tournament matchup last weekend in Wichita, Kansas, that could as easily have been played in the Final Four, the way Kelvin Sampson's and Mark Few's teams had played throughout the season. The Cougars were No. 1 in scoring defense, more than a half-point better than the next-best team. The Bulldogs were No. 2 in scoring offense, trailing only Alabama in putting up nearly 87 points per game.

Tom Izzo joins Dan Patrick to discuss how he is scheduling his time between Michigan State's March Madness run and transfer portal recruiting as well as the shifting nature of college basketball.

The Red Flash lost 70-68 to Alabama State after winning the NEC conference tournament.

Michigan Wolverines vs. Auburn Tigers Sweet 16 Game Preview